Does anyone do good protest music anymore?

Ehart I don't care about the record companies as they relate to this thread. So I guess I can have it both ways because that isn't the issue. I mentioned those acts because they were mentioned earlier in the thread. I have no use for either Rage Against the Machine or Ani DeFranco, not because of the subject matter, but because I don't like their music. That isn't a denouncement or an endoresment, it's just a personal thing...

Do you not consider S&Gs He Was MY Brother; Scarburough Fair/Canticle; or A Simple Desultory Phillipic to be protest music. Not everything they did was protest, but some of it is, and they were held in esteem by the movement (Such as it was).

Drubin my point was there are people who achieve success because they do what comes naturally and then there are people who succeed because they ride the wave. Success doesn't prove or disprove a persons motivation. There are people who protest because they know it will sell and there are people who protest because it is who they are, that's not the same thing. Pete Seeger accomplished succees regardless of what he sold because he related the point he was trying to make. Whether a person likes what he has to say or not, they cannot fault him for being genuine.

Bob Dylan, the man most often associated with protest music (although the majority of his music is not protest) once said that if you can't write about anything else, you can always write a protest song.

It must be extremely difficult to resist the effects of money (greed) in the music industry. Look at groups such as Jefferson Airplane or Steve Miller from the 60s bay area. Their music was sincere when they were at their artistic peak. Shortly after Blonde on Blonde Dylan was asked why his music had lost the bitterness of his early days. His response, "it's hard to be a bitter millionaire," pretty much says it all.

Timrhu I would suspect Dylan suckered you with that line the same way he did with the press.
He had a lot more money when he wrote George Wallace and Hurricane.

Nrchy,

You asked if there was any protest music out there. Lots of examples were given. You said you don't like protest music by millionaires. Well, some of examples of that have also been given. Now we just need to find some protest music that appeals to you musically....

- Eric